Microsoft KB Archive/106663

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INFO: Accessing the Macintosh Resource Fork

Q106663



The information in this article applies to:


  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 4.0
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000





SUMMARY

Resource forks are implemented as NTFS streams named AFP_Resource. There is no structure to the fork; it is exactly whatever the Macintosh writes to it. The resource fork can be written to using standard Win32 application programming interfaces (APIs). Refer to the forks as <FileName>:AFP_Resource.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50

Keywords : kbFileIO kbKernBase kbOSWinNT310 kbOSWinNT350 kbOSWinNT400 kbOSWin2000 kbDSupport kbGrpDSKernBase
Issue type : kbinfo
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin32sSearch kbWin32API


Last Reviewed: October 27, 2000
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